Structure of spin-dependent scattering amplitude and spin effects at small angles at RHIC energies

Abstract

Spin-dependent pomeron effects are analyzed for elastic $pp$ scattering and calculations for spin-dependent differential cross sections, analyzing power and double-spin correlation parameters are carried out for the energy range of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at BNL. In this energy range, $50 \leq \sqrt{s} \leq 500 \gev$, the structure of pomeron-proton coupling can be measured at RHIC with colliding polarized proton beams.

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